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david king talked about it, all of president obama's proposals were al door to door -- >> this is insane. >> david keen doesn't even believe that. david keen was like an aide to bob dole. steve stockman who got the extra dose of crazy as a member congress, he will introduce an impeachment resolution. and the nra will fund raise off of that. this is the thing. there has been a been a good amount of writing by david fromme about the right-wing as a racket, as an operation they don't care whether they win or lose. they like to take on crazy issues that can get 10, 15% of the people to give them money whether the nra continue to choose to be a racket, go for the money or choose to try to remain age organization of gun owners. if they don't, i think they will get beat again and again and again, state after state because they are so far from the mainstream. >> talking down their own site. that was the great joy of this past election day was the morning after the democrats swept most of the the races in country, you know the cokekoch brothers and sheldon adelson that karl rove and the rnc had r
david king talked about it, all of president obama's proposals were al door to door -- >> this is insane. >> david keen doesn't even believe that. david keen was like an aide to bob dole. steve stockman who got the extra dose of crazy as a member congress, he will introduce an impeachment resolution. and the nra will fund raise off of that. this is the thing. there has been a been a good amount of writing by david fromme about the right-wing as a racket, as an operation they don't...
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his first book was about the first year of the obama administration. the promise as i recall, right? >> the early book on obama. i wrote one about franklin roosevelt's first couple of years, too, in the early 1930s. tried to draw you know, some of the -- in this book, i'm trying to not make straight up comparisons but every one of these stories has -- historical resonance. i tried to put obama in some historical context. put the 2012 campaign in historical context. >> bill: evan mcmorris santoro is here with us from "buzzfeed." >> you mentioned we talked in the last segment about effectiveness and maybe you talk about schmooze deficit. i think seeing in the second term he wasn't able to get guns done. he didn't really want the sequester fight that much. seems like a big fight is going forward. the big focus is both health care and immigration. i wonder how you think the campaign changed specifically the immigration debate. >> well, i think elections have consequences, everybody knows. and this one had a big consequence which is that we're going to get
his first book was about the first year of the obama administration. the promise as i recall, right? >> the early book on obama. i wrote one about franklin roosevelt's first couple of years, too, in the early 1930s. tried to draw you know, some of the -- in this book, i'm trying to not make straight up comparisons but every one of these stories has -- historical resonance. i tried to put obama in some historical context. put the 2012 campaign in historical context. >> bill: evan...
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triple trouble for the obama administration today. first of all on the benghazi front, republicans aren't satisfied with 11 hearings so far. they demand more hearings on benghazi. they won't let up until hillary clinton says okay, i won't run for president in 2016. more serious news that the i.r.s. has been targeting conservative political organizations to make sure cheating on the tax code. president obama very, very upset. it looks like the i.r.s. has only been going after conservative organizations. we don't want that from an institution that is supposed to be politically neutral. and finally news that the justice department has been seizing phone records of reporters at associated press. we'll get into that right here at the top of the hour. all of that and more here on current tv. support the drug war you must be high. cenk uygur: i think the number young turks is that we're honest. i think the audience gets that i actually mean it. michael shure: this show is about being up to date so a lot of my work happens by doing the things
triple trouble for the obama administration today. first of all on the benghazi front, republicans aren't satisfied with 11 hearings so far. they demand more hearings on benghazi. they won't let up until hillary clinton says okay, i won't run for president in 2016. more serious news that the i.r.s. has been targeting conservative political organizations to make sure cheating on the tax code. president obama very, very upset. it looks like the i.r.s. has only been going after conservative...
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the obama administration has been aggressive. there is a policy. they have gone after these leaks with a ven he knew. over zellous? >> i think so. reports say they have engaged in leak prosecutions more than all other administrations combined. that stands in contradiction to their asserted position that they are in favor of transparent government. they made a big deal about putting meetings online. their objections prosecuting leaks just is reprehensible. >> bill: i have to tell you the reason i am a member because when it comes to constitutional rights of all americans, the aclu is in the front lines on the job, defending us all. i really appreciate that. and thank you for coming in this morning? >> thanks for having me. it's a real pleasure to be here. >> bill: thanks. >> this is "the bill press show." [ music ] compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way inside. (vo) from the underworld, to the world of p
the obama administration has been aggressive. there is a policy. they have gone after these leaks with a ven he knew. over zellous? >> i think so. reports say they have engaged in leak prosecutions more than all other administrations combined. that stands in contradiction to their asserted position that they are in favor of transparent government. they made a big deal about putting meetings online. their objections prosecuting leaks just is reprehensible. >> bill: i have to tell you...
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but i don't see that this going away for the obama administration any time soon. i mean republicans have said we are going to hold multiple hearings, tea party groups, i heard from a lawyer that represents a bunch of them that he had 17 groups that were ready to sue. >> the worst thing that could happen, the worst in judgment is for everything to say we just have to lay off the piece of paper and let the tea party -- let the tea party do whatever they want. peter biner has a good piece out this morning saying the problem is not that the irs is too strong. it's too weak. >> i did see that before >> bill: this is a time to step up and give the irs more teeth. there are so many tax cheatsshoots out there? >> all right. >> t unfairly targeted. kate nassero, the irs, is it as big? 866-55-press. >> this is "the bill press show." >> "viewpoint" digs deep into the issues of the day. >> has the time finally come for real immigration reform? >> with a distinctly if you believe in state's rights but still believe in the drug war you must be high. >> only on current tv. [ mus
but i don't see that this going away for the obama administration any time soon. i mean republicans have said we are going to hold multiple hearings, tea party groups, i heard from a lawyer that represents a bunch of them that he had 17 groups that were ready to sue. >> the worst thing that could happen, the worst in judgment is for everything to say we just have to lay off the piece of paper and let the tea party -- let the tea party do whatever they want. peter biner has a good piece...
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plus, president obama, the obama administration has jumped in asking the supreme court to overturn proposition 8 from california, which is a great big bold move on the part of the obama administration in support of marriage equality. they already asked the supreme court to overturn the defense of marriage act as well. yes, in big news today. the u.s. is set to approve the first horse meat processing planted out in the united states out in new mexico. that may alarm a lot of people but they have been eating horse meat for a long time in europe. when i was living in europe i ate horse meat so as long as you know what you are getting, as long as you know what you are buying hey, what's wrong with horse meat? we will tell you what's going on here in our nation's capitol around the country, around the world and, of course take your calls at 866-55-press. all of that coming up next on current tv. [ music ] billy zane stars in barabbas. coming in march to reelz. to find reelz in your area, go to reelz.com alright, in 15 minutes we're going to do the young turks. i think the number one thing that view
plus, president obama, the obama administration has jumped in asking the supreme court to overturn proposition 8 from california, which is a great big bold move on the part of the obama administration in support of marriage equality. they already asked the supreme court to overturn the defense of marriage act as well. yes, in big news today. the u.s. is set to approve the first horse meat processing planted out in the united states out in new mexico. that may alarm a lot of people but they have...
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the obama administration now for the same thing. if wither going to be consistent about it. >> how far some of these people are willing to go pete king peter king, republican from long island yesterday said we even should -- listen to this prosecute reporters for asking questions. >> if they willingly knew this was classified information, the whole issue there is an obligation, i believe again against disclosing something which would so severely compromise national security. >> yeah. now let's trash the first amendment in the name of national security. i am telling you, national security is out of control. we have a big debate on immigration. we have a big special election in massachusetts to fudged outed what brad woodhouse has to say about both. >> this is "the bill press show." bsing them for some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know i'm going to be the first one to call them out. cenk on air>> what's unacceptable is how washington continues to screw the middle class o
the obama administration now for the same thing. if wither going to be consistent about it. >> how far some of these people are willing to go pete king peter king, republican from long island yesterday said we even should -- listen to this prosecute reporters for asking questions. >> if they willingly knew this was classified information, the whole issue there is an obligation, i believe again against disclosing something which would so severely compromise national security....
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saying are we really going to criticize the obama administration? president obama knows what he's doing. he won't go too far. i hate to pop your bubble but here's something we have to remember. president obama is not going to be in the white house forever. there will be somebody else sitting there. some day, it will be a republican. and would you really trust a george bush or a dick cheney or a newt gingrich or a herman cain or a michele bachmann or you name it, or a rand paul, to use this kind of authority and to have that kind of authority -- that killing authority here in the united states? no freakin' way! justin is out in pittsburgh, pennsylvania. what do you say, justin? >> caller: i just wanted to say -- i think congress started a really dangerous precedent by not enacting the war powers act. and using their authority to kind of keep the president at the time it was bush, in check. >> bill: totally. >> caller: now the american people are thinking the president has all of this supreme authority and can do whatever they want and now whenever co
saying are we really going to criticize the obama administration? president obama knows what he's doing. he won't go too far. i hate to pop your bubble but here's something we have to remember. president obama is not going to be in the white house forever. there will be somebody else sitting there. some day, it will be a republican. and would you really trust a george bush or a dick cheney or a newt gingrich or a herman cain or a michele bachmann or you name it, or a rand paul, to use this kind...
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is this -- was this a problem for the obama administration? and how do republicans attack him for using the same authority george bush did? >> right. it is a serious civil liberties issue, the killing of american citizens should obviously not be taken lightly. i wouldn't say that there should be no use of drones to take out al-qaeda leaders, but clearly, we are killing innocent people and that's unconscionable. >> we are going so without due process. you know, as americans we have a right to under the constitution and who decides which ones we take? the big question is -- and i was trying to get a question in but my question really is here is the one phrase in this whole memo, tim, that gets me is: who makes the decision? identified as quote, "an informed high-level official of the u.s. government"? who is that? >> we have no idea. >> bill: how high up the food chain does that decision go? >> right. this is going to have implications for international law that we are not going to like. we need to be conducting this processes out in the open an
is this -- was this a problem for the obama administration? and how do republicans attack him for using the same authority george bush did? >> right. it is a serious civil liberties issue, the killing of american citizens should obviously not be taken lightly. i wouldn't say that there should be no use of drones to take out al-qaeda leaders, but clearly, we are killing innocent people and that's unconscionable. >> we are going so without due process. you know, as americans we have a...
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>> well, the obama administration has changed a number of things. and we have reason to believe that by executive order they -- that things are better. >> bill: that we're no longer engaging in torture? >> not that we can tell right now. the problem is this is done by executive order. it can be changed. we think the congress needs to come in, look at the laws, close the loopholes and make it very, very difficult if not impossible for future governments to come in and say torture is the thing we want to do. >> bill: now i have a question why you need a new law when there are already laws on the books. before we go to break, i doubt that your commission got into this question. i have to ask it. if we know that members of our government knowingly broke the law, why shouldn't they be held responsible and accountable for breaking the law? >> i think that's a good question. we did not get into that. as a panel, did not want to get into making those kinds of accusations. however, i think it is very important that the classified information be made public a
>> well, the obama administration has changed a number of things. and we have reason to believe that by executive order they -- that things are better. >> bill: that we're no longer engaging in torture? >> not that we can tell right now. the problem is this is done by executive order. it can be changed. we think the congress needs to come in, look at the laws, close the loopholes and make it very, very difficult if not impossible for future governments to come in and say...
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and number two talking about obama spying, the obama administration spying on journalists, completely up ends their narrative of obama being in bed with journalists. so there is a real scandal out there that i think if the g.o.p. wanted to get some traction with voters, they could really advance on and they could really take on as their own. it is military sexual assaults. they won't do it because you can't slag president obama. when you look at what's going on, it is so terrible, the department of defense report that came out revealed that the estimated number of sexual assaults in the military increased last year to 26,000. 12,000 of women on active duty being victims of sexual assaults and 13,900 men. that's 38 men and 33 women per day. and less than 10% of victims actually reported their assaults last year. less than 1%, bill, i know you know this, less than 1% of sex abuse perpetrators were convicted last year under the pentagon's current system of justice. and because of what they have right now is commanding officers can throw charges out if they want. >> bill: then the pentago
and number two talking about obama spying, the obama administration spying on journalists, completely up ends their narrative of obama being in bed with journalists. so there is a real scandal out there that i think if the g.o.p. wanted to get some traction with voters, they could really advance on and they could really take on as their own. it is military sexual assaults. they won't do it because you can't slag president obama. when you look at what's going on, it is so terrible, the...
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he served with the bush administration and the obama administration. if anyone should be upset, it might be progressives saying he is not progressive enough, which he should be able to get through. there are four achancies on this 11-person court. no one has been put on to the court since 2006 under george bush and right now -- >> who. >> the court is controlled by republicans, 4 to 3. so obama gets his four vacancies and four nominees onto the court, it will tip it in favor of progressives. i think that is why the obama administration right now sees some urgency on this. >> sri? >> sri sanavoson. >> every time i hear jay carney mention his name, i don't know how to write it or spell it but his hearing is in the senate judiciary hearing. first hearing? >> yeah. >> some of the other nominees have been sitting there lingering for forever. >> they wait an average of 116 days to get a senate vote on the floor, which is three times longer than nominees under pusher president bush and katelyn haligan, president obama's nominee withdrew her nomination because
he served with the bush administration and the obama administration. if anyone should be upset, it might be progressives saying he is not progressive enough, which he should be able to get through. there are four achancies on this 11-person court. no one has been put on to the court since 2006 under george bush and right now -- >> who. >> the court is controlled by republicans, 4 to 3. so obama gets his four vacancies and four nominees onto the court, it will tip it in favor of...
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he is part of the administration. appointed by president obama. they'll find some way to protect him. >> it does seem to be the case but the rest of us can't just go along with that. >> bill: that's why you're there. citizens for responsibility and ethnics washington. >> it goes back to a case in the '70s when the former c.i.a. director, richard helms lied to congress about the c.i.a.'s involvement in chile and he said no, there was no covert operations by the c.i.a. in chile. two years later, it comes out that he directly lied and the c.i.a. spent a long time worrying should we refer to justice. this is a problem. eventually justice, because it was leaked to a newspaper that this happened by the church committee which, at that time, like our time now, was getting increasingly concerned about the use of -- expansion of intelligence operations. and eventually the director -- former director of the c.i.a. was prosecuted for lying to congress. he was excoriated by a federal judge in an answer that i just think -- he said something that i think is so
he is part of the administration. appointed by president obama. they'll find some way to protect him. >> it does seem to be the case but the rest of us can't just go along with that. >> bill: that's why you're there. citizens for responsibility and ethnics washington. >> it goes back to a case in the '70s when the former c.i.a. director, richard helms lied to congress about the c.i.a.'s involvement in chile and he said no, there was no covert operations by the c.i.a. in chile....
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obama administration, here he is is chief justice john roberts. >> i sol lemly swear that i will faflth execute the office of the of the united states. ithfully execute the office of the of the united states. >> and will to the best of my ability preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> and there he is president obama taking the oath of office for the fourth time in his presidency. took the oath four times. >> an interesting little tidbit. that will be a trivia question in presidential history for the rest of, you know, our days. there it is. welcome back, speaking of president obama, and tell you what the leader of the free world is up to today. down at the whitehouse. >> this is the full court press. "the bill press show," live on your radio and on current tv. i want the people who watch our show, to be able to come away armed with the facts, and the arguments to feel confident in their positions. i want them to have the data and i want them to have the passion. [ music ] heard aroun
obama administration, here he is is chief justice john roberts. >> i sol lemly swear that i will faflth execute the office of the of the united states. ithfully execute the office of the of the united states. >> and will to the best of my ability preserve protect and defend the constitution of the united states. >> so help you god? >> so help me god. >> congratulations, mr. president. >> and there he is president obama taking the oath of office for the fourth...
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don says bill, i think the obama administration should insist that any relief for oklahoma be paid for and the money ought to come from oil companies subsidies. there you go! democrats need to start playing the same game. that would be a challenge for senator coburn. and wayne b. asks i wonder if the mortgage companies will forgive or extend grace periods for mortgage payments to the victims of the massive oklahoma tornado. they should. don't know whether they will. damn right should. [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: hey, good morning everybody. it is wednesday may 22. can you believe it? great to see you today. thank you for joining us here on the "full court press" on current tv this wednesday morning. where we will -- as we do every morning, bring you up to date on all of the news of the day and take your calls. 1-866-55-press is our toll free number. that's how you join the conversation. we want to hear from you as to what you think about these issues of the day. you can follow us on twitter. we love to have you on twitter. part of our team here and it is at bpshow. and become our friend
don says bill, i think the obama administration should insist that any relief for oklahoma be paid for and the money ought to come from oil companies subsidies. there you go! democrats need to start playing the same game. that would be a challenge for senator coburn. and wayne b. asks i wonder if the mortgage companies will forgive or extend grace periods for mortgage payments to the victims of the massive oklahoma tornado. they should. don't know whether they will. damn right should. [ ♪...
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administration in a tough spot, right? >> very much so. >> bill: because they don't want to cut off aid to egypt -- >> right. >> bill: -- but they condemn the violence, but the military continue to just open fire on the protesters. >> yeah, and the administration still hasn't called at it coup, which it was. but this is a mess. i mean for the administration, and, you know, where they go from here, because there are more and more calls from congress to cut off the aid, especially when they are acting like this. >> bill: yeah, the last time they opened fire they killed 75 people. the military -- just no effort to subdue them other than just kill them. >> and there's no easy answer for the administration, it's a tough situation of which side you choose. and you have morsi, and the administration trying to work with him, and then obviously there was an uprising. >> bill: when congress comes back from this extended vacation, the big challenge will be the budget stuff, right? >> it is. and the immigration issue could be pushed a
administration in a tough spot, right? >> very much so. >> bill: because they don't want to cut off aid to egypt -- >> right. >> bill: -- but they condemn the violence, but the military continue to just open fire on the protesters. >> yeah, and the administration still hasn't called at it coup, which it was. but this is a mess. i mean for the administration, and, you know, where they go from here, because there are more and more calls from congress to cut off the...
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president obama. but this is a principle that's going to outlast his administration. so even if you trust president obama and i don't think anyone should be trusted with his power, that's why we have a constitution, that's why we have laws, even if you trust them, this is a power that outlasts them. >> bill: the phrase to me that i find the most troubling is this 16-page white paper right says that this is okay to send a drone to kill an american citizen overseas when "an informed high-level official of the u.s. government has determined." what i've been trying to find out and i tried to ask jay carney at the briefing, i did not get called on. who are we talking about here? who is this informed high-level official of the u.s. government? is it the director of the c.i.a.? is it the secretary of defense? is it the president? who is it? do you know? >> no. i think the assumption has always been it is the president. >> bill: so he himself would put a check alongside of every american that we wanted to kill saying -- go for it. >> "the new york times" and "the washington p
president obama. but this is a principle that's going to outlast his administration. so even if you trust president obama and i don't think anyone should be trusted with his power, that's why we have a constitution, that's why we have laws, even if you trust them, this is a power that outlasts them. >> bill: the phrase to me that i find the most troubling is this 16-page white paper right says that this is okay to send a drone to kill an american citizen overseas when "an informed...
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what the obama administration says is it is too complicated to implement right away. we need to take more time before we do it. >> bill: they've had how long? two years right? >> got a lot of flak for having it kick in so late because people wanted it to happen right away in 2009. >> bill: i think it is going to be tough to explain. we'll get jay carney to explain. we may have to wait until monday to look into it. we'll be back with evan mcmorris santoro o and you on the "full court press." >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." you must be high. >> i think the number one thing that viewers like about "the young turks" is that we're honest. i think the audience gets that i actually mean it. something that you're proud of. journalists want the the story and they want the right story and the want the true story. >> you can say anything here. >> i spent a couple of hours with a hooker. >> your mistake was writing a check. >> she never cashed it! >> the war room. >> compared to other countries with tighter gun safety laws our death toll is just staggering. >> the yo
what the obama administration says is it is too complicated to implement right away. we need to take more time before we do it. >> bill: they've had how long? two years right? >> got a lot of flak for having it kick in so late because people wanted it to happen right away in 2009. >> bill: i think it is going to be tough to explain. we'll get jay carney to explain. we may have to wait until monday to look into it. we'll be back with evan mcmorris santoro o and you on the...
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is this going to be a problem for the obama administration? >> you know, this is one of those issues that i think has really alarmed civil libertarians and some of president obama's most natural allies, groups that tend to support him on almost every other issue. it's interesting i think americans generally approve of these drones because it means you're not endangering american servicemen. in battles. the idea of attacking -- you know, it's the way the political landscape changed with 9-11. that there's just a lot more tolerance for that kind of thing. but it has put president obama and his administration at odds with his most natural allies, that is the interesting thing to watch on that. >> bill: as we were saying earlier this morning, if george bush and dick cheney had done this, i mean progressives, liberals, would be raising hell about it. >> yeah. do you hear objections about it. and you know, if you travel abroad or read the foreign press, you hear enormous resentment about the use of drones in afghanistan and pakistan and elsewhere. b
is this going to be a problem for the obama administration? >> you know, this is one of those issues that i think has really alarmed civil libertarians and some of president obama's most natural allies, groups that tend to support him on almost every other issue. it's interesting i think americans generally approve of these drones because it means you're not endangering american servicemen. in battles. the idea of attacking -- you know, it's the way the political landscape changed with...
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these are the hard realities that obama administration faces. when you make a red line, you kind have to fall through it. at the same time, using chemical weapons is something that has to be addressed. the worst crimes a regime could commit against its own people. the obama administration is really -- trying to thread the needle here. >> i want to get syria behind us so we can go back to talking about gitmo and guantanamo bay which you have written about this morning. i think this is a real disgrace and a real shame on the united states of america. the fact that gitmo is still open and we have people there who have been cleared. the constitution -- we have people there -- noted this. people have been cleared. haven't been released. we've held people there for a decade with no charges. >> no charges. >> bill: no charges being filed. it is antithetical to everything we stand for. >> the united states has set up a political prison off of its coast to originally to do things that it knew was illegal and now that prison continues to exist so that we
these are the hard realities that obama administration faces. when you make a red line, you kind have to fall through it. at the same time, using chemical weapons is something that has to be addressed. the worst crimes a regime could commit against its own people. the obama administration is really -- trying to thread the needle here. >> i want to get syria behind us so we can go back to talking about gitmo and guantanamo bay which you have written about this morning. i think this is a...
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and cabinet secretary has resigned out of the obama administration. who was it? well tell you in just a few moments. first, we'll go to out to los angeles, our current news update with lisa ferguson. >> hey peter. good morning bill. good morning everyone. more gun debate as vice president joe biden takes on a new round of meetings along with attorney general eric holder. first they'll speak with wildlife and sporting groups at 11:45 this morning. on to gun owner's groups including the nra and representatives from the entertainment industry this evening. kathleen sebelius wills attend some of the meetings. it is a big step for president obama's new gun violence task force launched in the wake of the massacre at sandy hook elementary. but it did not necessarily leave many with high expectations. businesses that sell a lot of guns like walmart will also be in on some meetings. those groups are more likely to be influenced by the nra since they're making a big profit off those firearms. and they do not want to appear too entrenched in the white house's anti-gun push.
and cabinet secretary has resigned out of the obama administration. who was it? well tell you in just a few moments. first, we'll go to out to los angeles, our current news update with lisa ferguson. >> hey peter. good morning bill. good morning everyone. more gun debate as vice president joe biden takes on a new round of meetings along with attorney general eric holder. first they'll speak with wildlife and sporting groups at 11:45 this morning. on to gun owner's groups including the nra...
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that is the. >> obama: the obama administration has made a very public about face, reversal, a 180 when it comes to the morning after pill the so-called plan b one step. you remember way back, the fda was about to say it was going to allow the morning after pill to be sold across the counter over the counter with no restrictions at all. secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius said no. this doesn't make sense. we're going to limit the sales to girls who are 17 or older. then it was dropped to 15 or older. at that limit the president said he strongly was talking about his two daughters. if you recall. he strongly supported secretary sebelius. that decision on the part of the federal government was challenged in federal court and district court judge edward cornyn said the government was wrong by placing a 15-year age limit on it. that there was no supporting that. it was -- they were depriving a lot of young girls who might have been victim of rape or just poor planning or ended up having sex when maybe they didn't intend to, preventing their access to the drug that might
that is the. >> obama: the obama administration has made a very public about face, reversal, a 180 when it comes to the morning after pill the so-called plan b one step. you remember way back, the fda was about to say it was going to allow the morning after pill to be sold across the counter over the counter with no restrictions at all. secretary of health and human services kathleen sebelius said no. this doesn't make sense. we're going to limit the sales to girls who are 17 or older....
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is this a problem for the obama administration? or -- i must say right now i don't see it because the congress seems to think everything is -- >> most members of congress, even in the polling you know 50% of americans don't have a problem with spying on foreigners not in the u.s. it would be interesting to see of the new revelations. american citizens. i think you might get a little more of an outcry. at this point in time, it seems like americans kind of assume there is a certain amount of privacy they don't have and this meta data analysis that verizon will be tracking your calls because they send. >> bill that detail all of the calls that you made. so next step, obviously, would be for the government to just kind of be looking in on it. and so just -- that doesn't seem like it is enough. but it is possible there's some other revelation, something domestically that will turn the tide. >> bill: for the time being, it looks like -- other than getting questions from us at the briefings, right, not a big deal. >> this is something wh
is this a problem for the obama administration? or -- i must say right now i don't see it because the congress seems to think everything is -- >> most members of congress, even in the polling you know 50% of americans don't have a problem with spying on foreigners not in the u.s. it would be interesting to see of the new revelations. american citizens. i think you might get a little more of an outcry. at this point in time, it seems like americans kind of assume there is a certain amount...
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but the place where the obama administration's got to do better is they've got to really sketch out a narrative for us about what the administration's about. what they're focused on. i think they're focused on some things that aren't as sexy, getting the healthcare law implemented, doing nips and tucks on the economy. trying to deal with housing and trying to get mel watt to deal with housing. but we need kind of -- the president started to do this during the state of the union and he's got to give back to this sort of big vision about what he's doing. i think if there is any thread that runs in the administration, it is more opportunities for more americans. they really are trying to get more people bought into the growth. but i don't think most americans, if you ask them, so, what do you think the obama administration's big goal is -- >> bill: right now? >> i'm not sure most americans can answer that question. >> bill: that comes down to a communications strategy, correct? let me give you one -- for example, i don't think -- benghazi to me was never -- it is a tragedy. not something
but the place where the obama administration's got to do better is they've got to really sketch out a narrative for us about what the administration's about. what they're focused on. i think they're focused on some things that aren't as sexy, getting the healthcare law implemented, doing nips and tucks on the economy. trying to deal with housing and trying to get mel watt to deal with housing. but we need kind of -- the president started to do this during the state of the union and he's got to...
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then he came back into the obama administration and he bailed out the banks without restructuring them. then left again and pocketed millions of dollars from the banks he helped to save and his supporters say well, this is the kind of experience that we have. so then you finally say look, this led to all of the crises that increasing numbers of financial crises supporters say exactly. this is a guy who knows how to put out fires. we need him at the head of the fed. this is like saying we'll make the arsonist the fire chief because he's good at putting out the fires that he lights. clearly, they're pushing hard for this nomination. >> bill: john, when i look at this -- the other night, i went through his resume and just -- you started to mention harvard. he dose to harvard -- he goes to harvard, faculty of harvard. no confidence in the president of harvard. sexual harassment charge? >> he made -- the comment that women couldn't do advanced math and science because they were genetically -- >> bill: inferior to men. i'm wondering why he's even on obama's list. what is it? loyalty factor,
then he came back into the obama administration and he bailed out the banks without restructuring them. then left again and pocketed millions of dollars from the banks he helped to save and his supporters say well, this is the kind of experience that we have. so then you finally say look, this led to all of the crises that increasing numbers of financial crises supporters say exactly. this is a guy who knows how to put out fires. we need him at the head of the fed. this is like saying we'll...
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the obama administration was very open to it. this is not going to be a prescandal alert, but there will be problems. figure out what needs fixing in a big complicated thing. 50 states, not all of them are going to be -- you have to fix the glitches. a little known fact -- >> bill: you'll have to save that for the next time you are back, which we won't be too long from now. >> you'll never what it was. okay. thanks for having me. >> bill: thank for coming in. see you soon. and i'll be back to tell you what the president is up to today. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." ♪ (vo) current tv gets the conversation started weekdays at 9 eastern. >> i'm a slutty bob hope. the troops love me. tv and radio talk show host stephanie miller rounds out current's morning news block. you're welcome current tv audience for the visual candy. (vo) sharp tongue. >>excuse me? (vo) quick wit. >> and yes, president obama does smell like cookies and freedom. (vo) and above all, opinion and attitude. >> really?! this is the kind of stuff the
the obama administration was very open to it. this is not going to be a prescandal alert, but there will be problems. figure out what needs fixing in a big complicated thing. 50 states, not all of them are going to be -- you have to fix the glitches. a little known fact -- >> bill: you'll have to save that for the next time you are back, which we won't be too long from now. >> you'll never what it was. okay. thanks for having me. >> bill: thank for coming in. see you soon. and...
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they blame the state department who nominated him in the obama administration. whose side are they on anyway? give them hell hillary today. give them hell. we will talk about that and more on the "full-court press." the latest: today's current news update lisa has it out in los angeles. >> hey bill majority leader is giving an ult mader. reid is giving mccog36 hours to come up with a plan, to about midday tomorrow. over the last few years we have seen a record number of filibusters from republicans. now reid wants to shift the power to the minority, to require 41 members to vote to maintain a filibuster rather than the usual 60 votes to end it. many democrats and filibuster reform advocates are sponsoring that plan, calling it an effective middle path and a step in the right direction. if mcconnell refuse to see agree, reid says he is willing to pursue the constitutional option of changing the rules even without the usual two-thirds vote. republican senators are reintroducing a bill to eliminate obamacare's individual mandate. >> that's a crucial element to the
they blame the state department who nominated him in the obama administration. whose side are they on anyway? give them hell hillary today. give them hell. we will talk about that and more on the "full-court press." the latest: today's current news update lisa has it out in los angeles. >> hey bill majority leader is giving an ult mader. reid is giving mccog36 hours to come up with a plan, to about midday tomorrow. over the last few years we have seen a record number of...
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>> one of the very early feuds within the obama administration, even before they got into office was the feud between the members of the economic team. peter arizona aquas a very strong personality, christine romer was a pretty strong personality then you had larry summers who would effectively start all of the fights. they played a big role in crafting the stimulus bill and crafting the administration's response to the recession and he didn't make a lot of friends while he did it. there were constant tensions. remember, by the way, he was also in the running to be the treasury secretary. very much wanted the job but president obama went with tim geithner in the beginning. at least a part of that decision was also based on personalities. >> bill: you've seen nancy pelosi lined up behind janet yellon. i've never seen this before with the appointment of the fed. >> the public campaigning is a bit unusual. i think senator schumer is also behind janet yellon, at least i thought i saw a statement from him last week. this is unusual that people are being so overt about their choices. and i
>> one of the very early feuds within the obama administration, even before they got into office was the feud between the members of the economic team. peter arizona aquas a very strong personality, christine romer was a pretty strong personality then you had larry summers who would effectively start all of the fights. they played a big role in crafting the stimulus bill and crafting the administration's response to the recession and he didn't make a lot of friends while he did it. there...
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had an appointment in the second term of the obama administration too. which we haven't seen although attorney general may be open if obama follows my advice but i'm not sure he will. >> no. the governor's been fairly clear that he's not going to do that. people sort of refuse to believe him. i have a hard time seeing him leaving at this point. particularly because just recently his lieutenant-governor stepped down so that leaves the number two spot vacant. i think that was a final signal to a lot of people up here that he's here for the duration. >> gomez have a second act? did he do well enough, get his name out there enough to run for some other lesser statewide office? >> i think he does. i don't think that he disgraced himself by any means. this is the first time, other than a failed bid for a small town in massachusetts, this is the guy's first bid for office. i think he developed while he was on the trail. he will be a better candidate next time around. >> he seems interested. >> oh, absolutely. he gave -- he gave every indication last night, if y
had an appointment in the second term of the obama administration too. which we haven't seen although attorney general may be open if obama follows my advice but i'm not sure he will. >> no. the governor's been fairly clear that he's not going to do that. people sort of refuse to believe him. i have a hard time seeing him leaving at this point. particularly because just recently his lieutenant-governor stepped down so that leaves the number two spot vacant. i think that was a final signal...
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this was at the beginning of the obama administration. it was just -- you know -- >> bill: more than doubled. >> more than doubled. this is one of the largest bull markets, fastest bull markets in american history. and it looks as if there's more to go here. i know there are some people saying get out now but when you see the amount of cash that's on the sidelines that corporations are holding on to, that investors are still starting to hold on to, you see some of the merger, and acquisitions and other things going on, there is a lot of economic activity still to go and consumer sentiments as well. so i would say there's more to go here. in fact, let me go out on a limb, i'm not going to do the jim glassman -- 36,000 which he said ten years ago. but dow 16,500 in the next year is not unreasonable. >> bill: dow is how many companies? >> you've got 500. >> bill: s&p 500 is -- >> don't know exactly. >> it is a lot broader. is the better number. but they're both headline numbers here. the market is going great guns. you know, a lot of people
this was at the beginning of the obama administration. it was just -- you know -- >> bill: more than doubled. >> more than doubled. this is one of the largest bull markets, fastest bull markets in american history. and it looks as if there's more to go here. i know there are some people saying get out now but when you see the amount of cash that's on the sidelines that corporations are holding on to, that investors are still starting to hold on to, you see some of the merger, and...
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meanwhile in an story exclusively reported by the"the daily beast", it appears the obama administration has made a decision that they are going to shift the authority for the use of drones overseas from the cia to the pentagon. that was reported by the "daily beast." richard good to have you with us. >> how are you? >> bill: why this shift? >> when we talk about the drone program we talk about it generally as one single entity but for years the u.s. government has been running two parallel drone programs one by the cia and one by the pentagon and the programs operate in somewhat different ways. the pentagon's program is a little bit more transparent, so when the pentagon decides to put somebody on their targeting list, there is a little bit more of a process across the government bureaucracy. the president himself has a little bit more direct input into the pentagon's process, and the cia's process is very internal to the cia. it's a little bit more closed and there are fewer of those kind of checks and balances that you have with the pentagon. so the thinking here is that this is a way
meanwhile in an story exclusively reported by the"the daily beast", it appears the obama administration has made a decision that they are going to shift the authority for the use of drones overseas from the cia to the pentagon. that was reported by the "daily beast." richard good to have you with us. >> how are you? >> bill: why this shift? >> when we talk about the drone program we talk about it generally as one single entity but for years the u.s....
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it will be up to the obama administration to say which categories of people can be tested. so they are waiting on a labor department regulation. labor department is taking its time. >> let them hope they still take their time. arthur, great great to see you. thanks for having me. >> this is "the bill press show." you must be high. >> i think the number one thing that viewers like about "the young turks" is that we're honest. i think the audience gets that i actually mean it. >> you're putting out there something that you're proud of. journalists want the the story and they want the right story and the want the true story. >> you can say anything here. >> i spent a couple of hours with a hooker. >> your mistake was writing a check. >> she never cashed it! >> the war room. >> compared to other countries with tighter gun safety laws our death toll is just staggering. >> the young turks. >> the top bankers who funneled all the money to the drug lords, no sentence. there's just no justice in that. >> viewpoint. >> carl rove said today that mitt romney is a lock to win next pope.
it will be up to the obama administration to say which categories of people can be tested. so they are waiting on a labor department regulation. labor department is taking its time. >> let them hope they still take their time. arthur, great great to see you. thanks for having me. >> this is "the bill press show." you must be high. >> i think the number one thing that viewers like about "the young turks" is that we're honest. i think the audience gets that i...
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>> well, the obama administration is still silent. unless, did we get anything in the last -- last week, right they filed their brief on doma. question of doma, right? >> bill: i want to stick to prop 8. >> on prop 8 they haven't filed an automatic an amicus brief. i think he was asked about it on kgo. he said we're not a party to that. so we haven't weighed in. you don't have to be a party to a case to file an amicus brief. these people aren't a party to the case. they just filed an amicus brief. it is a friend of court brief. it says this is how we feel about this thing even though we're not a party to it. so you know, they have until thursday, i think, is when to do it. and the doma briefs that the government filed last week was so sweeping in nature and in its argument and it actually said -- used proposition 8 as one of the reasons, one of the demonstrations of the discrimination that gays and lesbians face, same-sex couples face as a reason to talk about you know this is why this is a discriminated against group right. but they
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so we're very comfortable with the military there but i think washington i think the obama administration is farsighted enough to realize, you know, it is only going to be a matter of time and probably not much and as we see now this morning probably now, the people will then begin to turn on the military itself. the military is highly suboptimal. when it fell apart it fell apart. >> bill: i read one account where the military -- they had talked to susan rice, i think. and susan said tell morsi he's got to like -- some aide -- tell morsi he has to do this. morsi said no, i'm not going to do this. you have an hour left. he said no. they called back. then basically said okay, he's going to go. >> our influence wasn't with morsi. it was with the military to say please give him more time to come to his senses. please put together a deal. morsi, look, for the last year, one thing for morsi is his unwillingness to compromise. he has been stubborn and idealistic. that has led to one botched policy after another. >> bill: how much money do we give egypt? >> about a billion and a half. >> bill: wh
so we're very comfortable with the military there but i think washington i think the obama administration is farsighted enough to realize, you know, it is only going to be a matter of time and probably not much and as we see now this morning probably now, the people will then begin to turn on the military itself. the military is highly suboptimal. when it fell apart it fell apart. >> bill: i read one account where the military -- they had talked to susan rice, i think. and susan said tell...
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she has put her mark on there that has been a very obama administration mark on how to run things. there's been -- there's been a shift with the dream act kids which is something else he has promised to do, and he has done that too, so it's a chance for her to move to this other job -- that there has been some speculation that she might run for president, but this seems like what she wants to do. it's a huge job. and it's a big deal. and gives obama a chance to solidify what he has done with the department and gives us all a great chance to have a wonderful nomination fight. >> oh, yes. >> so wrap it all up. >> yeah, and we're going to talk about filibuster and nominees with jen bendery in the next half hour of the program. and this is another lady leaving the obama cabinet. so we'll see how he handles that. evan mcmorris santoro from buzzfeed, and "huffington post" jen bendery is in next on the "full court press." >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal, or is it political? a lot of my wo
she has put her mark on there that has been a very obama administration mark on how to run things. there's been -- there's been a shift with the dream act kids which is something else he has promised to do, and he has done that too, so it's a chance for her to move to this other job -- that there has been some speculation that she might run for president, but this seems like what she wants to do. it's a huge job. and it's a big deal. and gives obama a chance to solidify what he has done with...
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look, the obama administration, i blame them action yes. but you can't blame entirely them. some republicans are trying to make this a case against obama. republicans are in this as well as democrats. this is all of them combined with this program. they all knew about it and they all supported it until yesterday. now, suddenly some voices being heard, but not many. most voices, most official voices are saying we got to do this to keep america safe. i don't buy it. i am not willing to burn the constitution in the name of george bush's war on terror. anna calling from cookeville tennessee. hi, anna, good morning >> caller: hadi. good morning. i have mixed feelings about this situation. when this program kind of first started, don't you remember when they mentioned nsa and a room that they had phones bi phone rooms where they were putting in maryland somewhere? >> bill: yeah. that's where it started on george bush, which was wiretapping. >> caller: right. >> bill: this is a little different, collection of data. but... >> caller: i don't know. i have mixed feelings because how a
look, the obama administration, i blame them action yes. but you can't blame entirely them. some republicans are trying to make this a case against obama. republicans are in this as well as democrats. this is all of them combined with this program. they all knew about it and they all supported it until yesterday. now, suddenly some voices being heard, but not many. most voices, most official voices are saying we got to do this to keep america safe. i don't buy it. i am not willing to burn the...
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the obama administration says they're not sure that they buy the conclusion of this report. we'll talk more about it probably tomorrow with someone from the administration to see what the actual facts are. the fact is that in some four states recently, hawaii, maryland new hampshire and new jersey there have been -- there's been legislation to ease penalties for minor marijuana offenses making them noncriminal violations. alan st. pierre is the executive director of normal. joining us in studio again this morning. hey, alan, nice to see you. >> how are you? >> thanks for being here. >> bill: coming in with your gold leaf on your lapel there. >> if you ever want a prostate exam, travel with me. >> bill: when they see that, they think uh-oh. >> over to this line over here. >> bill: this is big news. maryland is the latest state. >> i will be testifying later today in annapolis on the decrim bill. >> bill: they haven't passed it yet. they're moving in that direction. >> that's right. >> bill: what do they want to do? >> >> a legalization bill, one of ten states looking at legal
the obama administration says they're not sure that they buy the conclusion of this report. we'll talk more about it probably tomorrow with someone from the administration to see what the actual facts are. the fact is that in some four states recently, hawaii, maryland new hampshire and new jersey there have been -- there's been legislation to ease penalties for minor marijuana offenses making them noncriminal violations. alan st. pierre is the executive director of normal. joining us in studio...
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one of the levers is the military aid and at this point the obama administration should be talking about conditioning it if there is a massacre like we saw yesterday repeated, they've got to get serious about cutting off military aid or at least we do see suspending the flow of that aid. not cutting it off entirely but using it as a lever to try to -- insist that the military reign in the troops that were the ones that opened fire on these protestors. >> bill: joe cirincione from the ploughshares fund. some people criticize president obama for not speaking out himself about the situation in egypt. but then again what could he say? 1-866-55-press. your comments. john mccain says we ought to just cut off aid to egypt. that's the answer. hot head mccain. he's always got an answer to everything, doesn't he? your comments next. >> announcer: connect with the "bill press show" on twitter. follow us at bpshow and tweet using the hashtag watching bp. this is the "bill press show." but still believe in the drug war you must be high. >> only on current tv. >> has the time finally come for real imm
one of the levers is the military aid and at this point the obama administration should be talking about conditioning it if there is a massacre like we saw yesterday repeated, they've got to get serious about cutting off military aid or at least we do see suspending the flow of that aid. not cutting it off entirely but using it as a lever to try to -- insist that the military reign in the troops that were the ones that opened fire on these protestors. >> bill: joe cirincione from the...
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administration is trying right now. >> josh gerstein covers the white house from politico. joining us on our news line this morning, you can form josh's work and those of his colleagues at political.com. john kerry, as i mentioned, did stay in the region took a quick day trip to baghdad and today in kabul, where just sort of, i guess, planting his flag as talks with karzai what's going on there, josh? >> they have been ryetrying to work out for some time a calmer relationship with karzai. he made some pretty outlandish comments a few weeks ago that, you know, u.s. special forces were deliberately killing civill civilians and so forth. things that seemed bizarre. they have announced, i think five times now some kind of deal shutting down the u.s. prison in afghanistan and handing over control to the after gangs. we are told as of today, it's finally, done. like i said, it was basically announced before the president went a year ago and reannounced and karzai came here and said it was done, it wasn't done. they kept fighting about it. maybe it's actually done there. so, yes,
administration is trying right now. >> josh gerstein covers the white house from politico. joining us on our news line this morning, you can form josh's work and those of his colleagues at political.com. john kerry, as i mentioned, did stay in the region took a quick day trip to baghdad and today in kabul, where just sort of, i guess, planting his flag as talks with karzai what's going on there, josh? >> they have been ryetrying to work out for some time a calmer relationship with...
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i don't think there is the slightest desire in the obama administration to put troops in on the ground. i think what you are talking about is crating safe zones for syrian civilians which would still be an enormous undertaking because you have to establish a no-fly zone overhead and you have to make sure none are in artillery range of weapons. you are talking about a fairly big zone and a so far i felt indicated air defense you would have to neutralize. i don't think the obama administration has any interest if doing it by itself. >> wouldn't you need maybe not military but some personnel on the ground to help create that you can establish a no higher go zone for the from the air. we did that in iraq between the first and second gulf war. you come across a line and you will be subject to air attacks. >> and arm the insurgents there? >> sure. but people have done that's studies what's holding them back. it's not the weapons that's holding them back. what's holding them back is the lack of organization. we have been giving them night gear but i think what they need more than anything els
i don't think there is the slightest desire in the obama administration to put troops in on the ground. i think what you are talking about is crating safe zones for syrian civilians which would still be an enormous undertaking because you have to establish a no-fly zone overhead and you have to make sure none are in artillery range of weapons. you are talking about a fairly big zone and a so far i felt indicated air defense you would have to neutralize. i don't think the obama administration...
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someone who is not a politician, and definitely alienated a whole bunch of folks in both the clinton and obama administration, and also when he was at harvard. >> bill: yes, yes, the faculty at harvard gave a no-confidence vote. >> pretty damaging when you're not even supported by the professor of your own university. it ultimately only matters what president obama thinks. and you're right he seems to be inclined to take him but we won't find out until september. >> bill: so this is only august 2013, and believe it or not we're already talking abou about 2016. joe biden the reason, one of the reasons is joe biden announced his office that he was going to be the star at tom hopkins steak friday on september 13 a month from now. what does this mean for joe biden? >> it means at the very least he wants to be considered, he wants to be in the conversation of possible candidates running for president in 2016. if you talk to folks, one of the things that irritates people the most is when people automatically assume he's not a serious candidate, he doesn't have what it takes to be president. at the v
someone who is not a politician, and definitely alienated a whole bunch of folks in both the clinton and obama administration, and also when he was at harvard. >> bill: yes, yes, the faculty at harvard gave a no-confidence vote. >> pretty damaging when you're not even supported by the professor of your own university. it ultimately only matters what president obama thinks. and you're right he seems to be inclined to take him but we won't find out until september. >> bill: so...
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interior secretary ken salazar is leaving the obama administration by the end of march, heading back to colorado. i wanted to get that out there. >> that's another cabinet secretary leaving. the second term of the obama white house >> bill: i saw janet nap alitan alitaon is staying. ray lahood is not sure whether he is staying or not. >> this is "the bill press show." [ music ] show, to be able to come away armed with the facts, and the arguments to feel confident in their positions. i want them to have the data and i want them to have the passion. but it's also about telling them, you're put on this planet for something more. i want this show to have an impact beyond just informing. an impact that gets people to take action themselves. as a human being, that's really important. this is not just a spectator sport. this monday morning current tv presents special coverage of the presidential inauguration. the circumstance & the inside analysis. the presidential inauguration this monday morning at 10 eastern only on current tv. >> on your radioed and on current tv this is "the bill pres
interior secretary ken salazar is leaving the obama administration by the end of march, heading back to colorado. i wanted to get that out there. >> that's another cabinet secretary leaving. the second term of the obama white house >> bill: i saw janet nap alitan alitaon is staying. ray lahood is not sure whether he is staying or not. >> this is "the bill press show." [ music ] show, to be able to come away armed with the facts, and the arguments to feel confident in...
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the president -- this whole drone policy of the obama administration. they are claiming the same authority that president bush president bush claimed for torture to say that authorization allows us to send these drones out and kill americans overseas. >> gee, bill, why do you hate obama? >> bill: i want our president to follow the constitution. i think due processes in the constitution has a place. no? >> i agree. i think it's a noveltyy concept. watching the john brennan hearings i enjoyed them. brennan could kill us with his own bear hands. he was like all four members of the thing of the fantastic 4 rolled into one. he looked like the thing. he talked like reed richards could set things on fire and makes documents invisible. >> when he walks into the briefing room, i hide under my chair. >> then he has a voice like your t. a. from film school. he's like a sweet guy when he talks. apparently brennan wants to put them under pentagon control. who knows if that is true but there are three things i was shocked the democrats didn't bring up. and it's three
the president -- this whole drone policy of the obama administration. they are claiming the same authority that president bush president bush claimed for torture to say that authorization allows us to send these drones out and kill americans overseas. >> gee, bill, why do you hate obama? >> bill: i want our president to follow the constitution. i think due processes in the constitution has a place. no? >> i agree. i think it's a noveltyy concept. watching the john brennan...
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the obama administration wouldn't defend it. the only people defending defense of marriage act in the supreme court were the house republicans under john boehner. and as john roberts conservative, chief justice said, you need to have more than disagreement over an issue to be able to apply it to the supreme court, to overturn a law. to uphold the law. this was not sufficient standing. the other reaction came from the two couples in california who brought this case saying we should be allowed to get married in california. paul khatami sees the occasion opened up by the supreme court. >> today is a good day. today i finally get to look at the man that i love and finally say will you please marry me. >> bill: i think he said yes. [ cheering ] >> bill: and the female couple, if you will, kris perry and sandy steir, they were giving their comments when chad griffin said of the human rights campaign, standing nearby, gets a call on his cell phone from the president who's on air force i. he walks over to the couple and says hey the pre
the obama administration wouldn't defend it. the only people defending defense of marriage act in the supreme court were the house republicans under john boehner. and as john roberts conservative, chief justice said, you need to have more than disagreement over an issue to be able to apply it to the supreme court, to overturn a law. to uphold the law. this was not sufficient standing. the other reaction came from the two couples in california who brought this case saying we should be allowed to...
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administration? it is a distraction for sure. >> it is. i'm so dismayed by the sort of casual dismissal of americans that their own government is spying on them and lying about it. i'm sad about it. i'm sad about how casual and offhand and blase and cynical people are being about this. if president obama wasn't president and learned about this, he would be the first one screaming but now he keeps saying it is transparent cool. trust me. if you're okay with this program, because president obama is a pretty good guy you gotta be okay with president sarah palin doing the same thing or president ted cruz because they're going to have the same powers. because nobody cares. >> bill: or president george w. bush. >> yeah. >> bill: i agree with you. the thing that offends me as a progressive -- i must say, i was consistent. i raised hell when george w. bush was doing it and i've been raising hell when president obama has. for democrats or progressives or whatever to say well, i trust president obama right. no
administration? it is a distraction for sure. >> it is. i'm so dismayed by the sort of casual dismissal of americans that their own government is spying on them and lying about it. i'm sad about it. i'm sad about how casual and offhand and blase and cynical people are being about this. if president obama wasn't president and learned about this, he would be the first one screaming but now he keeps saying it is transparent cool. trust me. if you're okay with this program, because president...
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and many of the questions were about drones and the obama administration's policy. nobody tougher on john brennan, asking better questions yesterday than our guest, senate ron wyden from oregon. good morning, senator. good to see you again. >> great to be on your show. as a basketball player i love the full court press. >> indeed. senator, you had written this letter. i saw you earlier this week. you told me you were sending this letter with 11 other senators to the white house saying we want you to release all of the memos related to drone policy. they did respond at least in kind. are you satisfied with what you received so far? >> bill, when the president called, it was clear that the president wanted to change course, and i give him credit for what is clearly an encouraging first step. >> that's right. he called you in response to that letter. didn't he? >> he did. and he also is offering up another very constructive idea. >> that's trying to start in the weeks ahead a dialogue with the public with respect to these issues. applying our checks and balances to mod
and many of the questions were about drones and the obama administration's policy. nobody tougher on john brennan, asking better questions yesterday than our guest, senate ron wyden from oregon. good morning, senator. good to see you again. >> great to be on your show. as a basketball player i love the full court press. >> indeed. senator, you had written this letter. i saw you earlier this week. you told me you were sending this letter with 11 other senators to the white house...
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long been a critic of how the obama administration handled the benghazi attack and the susan rice explanation but he just was crisp. he made his point. lot of shots. asked questions. overdue giving a speech. the reason that i think johnson got under her skin is when you keep asking her about the susan rice talking points, that's why she didn't -- i think that's why she erupted. it is not as if she had not by that point explained it had been covered. rand paul saying you should have been fired and all of that. that is not as constructive a questioning as find out something new, senator. you have -- you have in the hot seat. ask a question. if you think she's going to be on the job or they're hiding something, ask a question that will bring out a new fact. >> bill: yeah. here's rand paul with his -- two things he says here. number one, i would have fired you. before that, talking about equating this to 9-11. pipsqueak paul. >> i'm glad that you're accepting responsibility. i think that ultimately with your leaving, you accept the culpability for the worst tragedy since 9-11. and i really mean t
long been a critic of how the obama administration handled the benghazi attack and the susan rice explanation but he just was crisp. he made his point. lot of shots. asked questions. overdue giving a speech. the reason that i think johnson got under her skin is when you keep asking her about the susan rice talking points, that's why she didn't -- i think that's why she erupted. it is not as if she had not by that point explained it had been covered. rand paul saying you should have been fired...
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there are more people being deported by the obama administration than ever before, certainly than under president reagan or bush or clinton or anybody, being deported so the flow today is going south, not coming north. it's a fact but despite that they are spending $30 billion to send 20,000 more border agents 700 miles of fence, and i think 15 drones or something like that to the border. where the hell is that money coming from? i'll tell you. in the house meanwhile yesterday they cut $20 billion from food stamp program. so they take money from the poor, again, and they spend it on this absurd surge, ridiculous, even bob corker from tennessee said it's probably overkill. overkill. probably? absolute i will overkill. i have got to tell you. to me this whole thing just shows what is wrong with washington. it's comedy of errors. it's sad that on an issue like this, they couldn't come to a real reasonable tough bill but not one that goes this extreme. what do you think? 866-55-press, 866-557-7377. again, it's matter of priorities. let's steal from the poor take the food stamps away from th
there are more people being deported by the obama administration than ever before, certainly than under president reagan or bush or clinton or anybody, being deported so the flow today is going south, not coming north. it's a fact but despite that they are spending $30 billion to send 20,000 more border agents 700 miles of fence, and i think 15 drones or something like that to the border. where the hell is that money coming from? i'll tell you. in the house meanwhile yesterday they cut $20...
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i come back to the fact is the obama administration made a big mistake, don't pur see this. >> that's past history. we are not going to hold these people responsible. >> they should have. all right. speaking of the president, what's he up to today? hey, we will tell you when we come back. >> this is the full court press. "the bill press show," live on your radio and on current tv. [ music ] >> this is the bull press show. >> at the top of the next hour we will be talking to congressman michael quapano, head of the massachusetts congressional delegation. he represents the city of boston, and he will give us the latest on the investigation into that bombing at the boston mayorthon t meanwhile, peter, a little breaking news on that front. >> cnn has reported that they have found the lid to the pressure cooker. we know that this was a pressure cooker bomb on the roof of one of the buildings surrounding the marathon finish line. they are saying this is really a big deal. they already found parts of what looked like the bottom of it, charred and a mess but the lid on these things essentiall
i come back to the fact is the obama administration made a big mistake, don't pur see this. >> that's past history. we are not going to hold these people responsible. >> they should have. all right. speaking of the president, what's he up to today? hey, we will tell you when we come back. >> this is the full court press. "the bill press show," live on your radio and on current tv. [ music ] >> this is the bull press show. >> at the top of the next hour we...
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yesterday, bob schieffer had some choice words for the obama administration over their handling of the press and how their press shop has been dealing with members -- dealing with members of the media. sort of a shutout. a lot of people have talked about this and how eric holder and the justice department have treated media. now it has turned to how the actual administration is treating the media. nobody has more gravitases that bon schieffer. we spent a lot of time last week talking about apple and their tax dodging. google is doing the same thing but they have a reason why. let's talk about it coming up on the "full court press," the "bill press show" here live on current tv. criticizing, and holding policy to the fire. are you encouraged by what you heard the president say the other night? is this personal, or is it political? a lot of my work happens by doing the things that i'm given to doing anyway, by staying in going on politically and putting my own nuance on it. in reality it's not like they actually care. this is purely about political grandstanding. i've worn lots of hats,
yesterday, bob schieffer had some choice words for the obama administration over their handling of the press and how their press shop has been dealing with members -- dealing with members of the media. sort of a shutout. a lot of people have talked about this and how eric holder and the justice department have treated media. now it has turned to how the actual administration is treating the media. nobody has more gravitases that bon schieffer. we spent a lot of time last week talking about...